Release 10.1A: OpenEdge Development:
Basic Database Tools

Audit Policies

The Audit Policies submenu allows you to dump audit data as XML or text or to dump application audit events.

Dump as XML

When you choose the Dump as XML (.xml file) option from the Audit Policies submenu, the Select Audit Policies for Dump dialog box appears, containing the names and descriptions of all audit policies.

After you select the policies you want to dump and click OK, the Dump Audit Policies as XML dialog box appears, containing the following fields:

Output File — The name of the output file. The default is _audit-policies.xml.
Code Page — Indicates that the file will be dumped in the UTF-8 format. You cannot change the code page when dumping audit policies.

If the Data Dictionary encounters an error, it places an error file (_dmpsec.e) in the intended dump directory. If the dump directory doesn’t exist, the Data Dictionary places _dmpsec.e in the session’s current working directory.

Note: The connected user must have Audit Administrator permissions in order to access the Dump as XML option. For information about granting Audit Administrator permissions, see the "Edit Audit Permissions" section.

Dump as Text

When you choose the Dump as Text (.ad file) option from the Audit Policies submenu, the Select Audit Policies for Dump dialog box appears, containing the names and descriptions of all audit policies.

After you select the policies you want to dump and click OK, the Dump Audit Policies as Text dialog box appears, containing the following fields:

Output Directory — The name of the directory into which the Data Dictionary places the dumped files. Leave this field blank to use the current directory. The dumped files are named for the tables from which they are dumped with a.ad extension.
Code Page — Indicates that the file will be dumped in the UTF-8 format. You cannot change the code page when dumping audit policies.

If the Data Dictionary encounters an error, it places an error file (_dmpsec.e) in the intended dump directory. If the dump directory doesn’t exist, the Data Dictionary places _dmpsec.e in the session’s current working directory.

Note: The connected user must have Audit Administrator permissions in order to access the Dump as Text option. For information about granting Audit Administrator permissions, see the "Edit Audit Permissions" section.

Application Audit Events

Choose the Application Audit Events option from the Audit Policies submenu to dump the contents of the _aud-event table. The _aud-event table defines supported audit events for the database.

The Dump Application Audit Events dialog box contains the following fields:

Output File — Specifies the name of the output file, with a .ad extension. The default is _aud-event.ad.
Code Page — Specifies the default code page (character set).
Note: The user must have Application Audit Event Inserter privileges to access the Dump Application Audit Events option. For information about granting Audit Archive permissions, see the "Edit Audit Permissions" section.